Gibson and Kiss fans take note...

[drbassman]

Two Hamer slammers on Ebay this week, one like this (no case) just went for $130 shipped, the other (black) is about the same price.

I have been so tempted to buy and modify one of those!

[Dave W]

Like I said, Kiss fans.
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=222.0

Now I understand.

[uwe]

And there iss a whole ARMY of uss!!!

[Dave W]

And there iss a whole ARMY of uss!!!

There aren't enough of you willing to pay $2800 for a fake relic job not officially sanctioned by the band. Or do you plan on being the first?

[uwe]

Never warmed with that design. You know how I think that Johnny Thunders was the last person that looked good with a doublecut ...





Oh my, that later vid ... not that much later than his NYD era and he is already a total wreck. Ok, so shooting up heroin is definitely not good for you.

[Granny Gremlin]

You know how I think that Johnny Thunders was the last person that looked good with a doublecut ...

Redirect your honour; rebuttal evidence:

[gearHed289]

Never warmed with that design. You know how I think that Johnny Thunders was the last person that looked good with a doublecut ...

[chromium]

I really like the doublecut shape - visually and comfort-wise.
Me looking cool playing anything, however, is debatable 

TP had it down with that Quad!   

[chromium]

...can't forget Pete! 

[Dave W]

I love the looks of the doublecut design. It's decent ergonomically on a guitar, not as much on a bass if you care about upper fret access.

Back in the late 90s there was a doublecut long scale ESP bass in a local store that sat unsold for several years. It was a 24-fret neck-thru with all frets clear of the body. That solved the problem, all right, but the neck dive was just terrible.

[uwe]

I don't really like symetric guitar shapes that much - with the Flying V (and maybe the Punisher, which has a 24-fret access and no neck-dive by the way, the Mon(k)ey basses didn't neck-dive either though they were double-octave too) being the noteworthy exception. Give me Rics, Thunderbirds, Ovation Magnum and Explorers any day. Angular shapes speak with me more. It's my Art-Deco penchant I guess.

Rippers, Grabbers, G-3s I just like because they are so endearingly ugly someone has to care for them!

[Granny Gremlin]

LOL, only a lawyer could say that they categorically don't like symmetrical body styles and then give a laundry list of exceptions with very good reasons, but I must inform you that the LP Jr doublecut is NOT symmetrical.  Almost, but not quite.  Top horn is a teensy bit larger/longer.  Other doublecut type solidbodies are symmetrical (e.g. The Punisher, which I also think is not appealing, but not due to symmetry).



hold on a sec....


... here we go:





As for Rippers, those are MUCH more obviously not symetrical :



I understand this detail easily escapes a busy attorney when looking up from the brief on his desk at a sea of every Gibson bass ever, in a row, partially obscuring each other, but may I challenge you to a friendly game of pool; I'm feeling lucky.

It's OK, you don't have to be enamoured with the LP Jr body shape, but it's got nothing to do with symmetry.

[uwe]

For a man my age, it LOOKS symetrical. Close enough for rock'n'roll, you know-it-all-lil'-canuck! But of course and lamentably you're right.

Maybe I should have said I don't like doublecuts with similar-sized horns that much. I'm more for elongated and not so roundish bodies. The Punisher I like for the goth appeal, but of course the Warwick Vampyre beats it in that department.

[lowend1]

I understand this detail easily escapes a busy attorney when looking up from the brief on his desk

I occasionally look up from my briefs...

[Granny Gremlin]